Hard Drive Enclosures

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Guest

If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up to
my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E, and
F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C and D
drive?

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Why not?..think it would just show up as drive "G"
<> wrote in message
news:...
> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up to
> my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E, and
> F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C and D
> drive?
>

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Guest

Thanks. But would it just show up as drive G if it's partitioned into
four parts? Wouldn't that be four drives? That's what I'm wondering
about.
>Why not?..think it would just show up as drive "G"
><> wrote in message
>news:...
>> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up to
>> my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E, and
>> F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C and D
>> drive?
>>
>

<> wrote in message
news:...
> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up to
> my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E, and
> F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C and D
> drive?
>
Why an "enclosure"--are you talking external?
Why not adjust the jumpers and set it to slave? or for that matter retain it
as a master and set your new one up as slave?
Rereading your question, you say you have on the new sys a C and a D
drive----are these both hard drives? as in seperate,or a single drive
partitioned?--are they on the same IDE ?
Do you have cd/dvd drives also?
A little more info will help out

Guest

Sorry, I've posted so much here lately, I forget where I give the
whole story and where I don't.

The new drive is a 120Gb S-ATA drive, partitioned into two equal
parts, C and D.

The old drive, which doesn't want to run in the system it came out of
(IDE drive not detected during boot up) is an 80Gb drive partitioned
into four equal parts, C, D, E anf F in the old system.

The new drive is NTFS formatted under Windows XP Pro. The old drive is
FAT32 under Windows 98SE.

I've tried a few times to slave the old drive in the new system
without any luck. I even tried making it the master boot disk with the
new drive being slaved. When I do that, Windows 98SE loads up, but the
new drive isn't recognized anywhere. If I hook the old drive as a
slave, Windows XP only sees one big 80Gb partition. I'm at the end of
my rope here trying to figure out how to get the data I need off the
old drive. That's why so many posts.
>
><> wrote in message
>news:...
>> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up to
>> my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E, and
>> F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C and D
>> drive?
>>
>Why an "enclosure"--are you talking external?
>Why not adjust the jumpers and set it to slave? or for that matter retain it
>as a master and set your new one up as slave?
>Rereading your question, you say you have on the new sys a C and a D
>drive----are these both hard drives? as in seperate,or a single drive
>partitioned?--are they on the same IDE ?
>Do you have cd/dvd drives also?
>A little more info will help out
>

- - spluttered in
news::
> Sorry, I've posted so much here lately, I forget where I give the
> whole story and where I don't.
>
> The new drive is a 120Gb S-ATA drive, partitioned into two equal
> parts, C and D.
>
> The old drive, which doesn't want to run in the system it came out of
> (IDE drive not detected during boot up) is an 80Gb drive partitioned
> into four equal parts, C, D, E anf F in the old system.
>
> The new drive is NTFS formatted under Windows XP Pro. The old drive is
> FAT32 under Windows 98SE.
>
> I've tried a few times to slave the old drive in the new system
> without any luck. I even tried making it the master boot disk with the
> new drive being slaved. When I do that, Windows 98SE loads up, but the
> new drive isn't recognized anywhere. If I hook the old drive as a
> slave, Windows XP only sees one big 80Gb partition. I'm at the end of
> my rope here trying to figure out how to get the data I need off the
> old drive. That's why so many posts.

I've got a new 80GB, in a USB2 enclosure. Had to fdisk and format it,
manually (w98se) first. Fat32 .

Plugging it in - it's a USB storage device. And it glomms itself on as the
last drive letter. I have one hdd, in 5 partions, 3 other ide items (cd-
rom, cd burner, and dvd-rom).

Also, I think it's a WD, and I did jumper it as Slave. I just checked.

>>
>><> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up
>>> to my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D,
>>> E, and F, would it still work with the new system which already has
>>> a C and D drive?
>>>
>>Why an "enclosure"--are you talking external?
>>Why not adjust the jumpers and set it to slave? or for that matter
>>retain it as a master and set your new one up as slave?
>>Rereading your question, you say you have on the new sys a C and a D
>>drive----are these both hard drives? as in seperate,or a single drive
>>partitioned?--are they on the same IDE ?
>>Do you have cd/dvd drives also?
>>A little more info will help out

<> wrote in message
news:...
> Sorry, I've posted so much here lately, I forget where I give the
> whole story and where I don't.
>
> The new drive is a 120Gb S-ATA drive, partitioned into two equal
> parts, C and D.
>
> The old drive, which doesn't want to run in the system it came out of
> (IDE drive not detected during boot up) is an 80Gb drive partitioned
> into four equal parts, C, D, E anf F in the old system.
>
> The new drive is NTFS formatted under Windows XP Pro. The old drive is
> FAT32 under Windows 98SE.
>
> I've tried a few times to slave the old drive in the new system
> without any luck. I even tried making it the master boot disk with the
> new drive being slaved. When I do that, Windows 98SE loads up, but the
> new drive isn't recognized anywhere. If I hook the old drive as a
> slave, Windows XP only sees one big 80Gb partition. I'm at the end of
> my rope here trying to figure out how to get the data I need off the
> old drive. That's why so many posts.
>
> >
> ><> wrote in message
> >news:...
> >> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up to
> >> my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E, and
> >> F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C and D
> >> drive?
> >>
> >Why an "enclosure"--are you talking external?
> >Why not adjust the jumpers and set it to slave? or for that matter retain
it
> >as a master and set your new one up as slave?
> >Rereading your question, you say you have on the new sys a C and a D
> >drive----are these both hard drives? as in seperate,or a single drive
> >partitioned?--are they on the same IDE ?
> >Do you have cd/dvd drives also?
> >A little more info will help out
> >
>
>

First point is please do not start new "threads" for previously asked
questions------We live in a web world, the answer may not come from your
time zone------please allow people to wake up,read and reply

Why not use your original drive as the boot?--copy files to removable media
etc?
There are issues with ntfs and fat32--one refuses to read the other,it works
one way but not the other---think it is ntfs to fat that works, but someone
will be along to clarify
Are you sure you are setting the jumpers correctly on the
drives?----unsure?----try this
Find the IDE 1 socket,attach ribbon cable,plug end into your new
drive(nothing else no cd etc)
Find IDE2 socket,atach ribbon cable, plug end into old hard drive---no cd no
nothing
can you see both drives and acces now?

Guest

I tried using each drive as a boot drive. Each booted, one to XP, one
to 98SE. But neither recognized the other drive. As for your
suggestion, there's only one IDE plug on the motherboard, so I don't
have that option. There are two Serial ATA plugs instead of a second
IDE plug. And I'm sorry about the multiple threads. I'm getting
confused myself which one I'm writing to. I don't mean to offend
anyone.
>
><> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Sorry, I've posted so much here lately, I forget where I give the
>> whole story and where I don't.
>>
>> The new drive is a 120Gb S-ATA drive, partitioned into two equal
>> parts, C and D.
>>
>> The old drive, which doesn't want to run in the system it came out of
>> (IDE drive not detected during boot up) is an 80Gb drive partitioned
>> into four equal parts, C, D, E anf F in the old system.
>>
>> The new drive is NTFS formatted under Windows XP Pro. The old drive is
>> FAT32 under Windows 98SE.
>>
>> I've tried a few times to slave the old drive in the new system
>> without any luck. I even tried making it the master boot disk with the
>> new drive being slaved. When I do that, Windows 98SE loads up, but the
>> new drive isn't recognized anywhere. If I hook the old drive as a
>> slave, Windows XP only sees one big 80Gb partition. I'm at the end of
>> my rope here trying to figure out how to get the data I need off the
>> old drive. That's why so many posts.
>>
>> >
>> ><> wrote in message
>> >news:...
>> >> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up to
>> >> my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E, and
>> >> F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C and D
>> >> drive?
>> >>
>> >Why an "enclosure"--are you talking external?
>> >Why not adjust the jumpers and set it to slave? or for that matter retain
>it
>> >as a master and set your new one up as slave?
>> >Rereading your question, you say you have on the new sys a C and a D
>> >drive----are these both hard drives? as in seperate,or a single drive
>> >partitioned?--are they on the same IDE ?
>> >Do you have cd/dvd drives also?
>> >A little more info will help out
>> >
>>
>>
>
>First point is please do not start new "threads" for previously asked
>questions------We live in a web world, the answer may not come from your
>time zone------please allow people to wake up,read and reply
>
>Why not use your original drive as the boot?--copy files to removable media
>etc?
>There are issues with ntfs and fat32--one refuses to read the other,it works
>one way but not the other---think it is ntfs to fat that works, but someone
>will be along to clarify
>Are you sure you are setting the jumpers correctly on the
>drives?----unsure?----try this
>Find the IDE 1 socket,attach ribbon cable,plug end into your new
>drive(nothing else no cd etc)
>Find IDE2 socket,atach ribbon cable, plug end into old hard drive---no cd no
>nothing
>can you see both drives and acces now?
>

<> wrote in message
news:...
> I tried using each drive as a boot drive. Each booted, one to XP, one
> to 98SE. But neither recognized the other drive. As for your
> suggestion, there's only one IDE plug on the motherboard, so I don't
> have that option. There are two Serial ATA plugs instead of a second
> IDE plug. And I'm sorry about the multiple threads. I'm getting
> confused myself which one I'm writing to. I don't mean to offend
> anyone.
> >
> ><> wrote in message
> >news:...
> >> Sorry, I've posted so much here lately, I forget where I give the
> >> whole story and where I don't.
> >>
> >> The new drive is a 120Gb S-ATA drive, partitioned into two equal
> >> parts, C and D.
> >>
> >> The old drive, which doesn't want to run in the system it came out of
> >> (IDE drive not detected during boot up) is an 80Gb drive partitioned
> >> into four equal parts, C, D, E anf F in the old system.
> >>
> >> The new drive is NTFS formatted under Windows XP Pro. The old drive is
> >> FAT32 under Windows 98SE.
> >>
> >> I've tried a few times to slave the old drive in the new system
> >> without any luck. I even tried making it the master boot disk with the
> >> new drive being slaved. When I do that, Windows 98SE loads up, but the
> >> new drive isn't recognized anywhere. If I hook the old drive as a
> >> slave, Windows XP only sees one big 80Gb partition. I'm at the end of
> >> my rope here trying to figure out how to get the data I need off the
> >> old drive. That's why so many posts.
> >>
> >> >
> >> ><> wrote in message
> >> >news:...
> >> >> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up
to
> >> >> my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E,
and
> >> >> F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C and
D
> >> >> drive?
> >> >>
> >> >Why an "enclosure"--are you talking external?
> >> >Why not adjust the jumpers and set it to slave? or for that matter
retain
> >it
> >> >as a master and set your new one up as slave?
> >> >Rereading your question, you say you have on the new sys a C and a D
> >> >drive----are these both hard drives? as in seperate,or a single drive
> >> >partitioned?--are they on the same IDE ?
> >> >Do you have cd/dvd drives also?
> >> >A little more info will help out
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >First point is please do not start new "threads" for previously asked
> >questions------We live in a web world, the answer may not come from your
> >time zone------please allow people to wake up,read and reply
> >
> >Why not use your original drive as the boot?--copy files to removable
media
> >etc?
> >There are issues with ntfs and fat32--one refuses to read the other,it
works
> >one way but not the other---think it is ntfs to fat that works, but
someone
> >will be along to clarify
> >Are you sure you are setting the jumpers correctly on the
> >drives?----unsure?----try this
> >Find the IDE 1 socket,attach ribbon cable,plug end into your new
> >drive(nothing else no cd etc)
> >Find IDE2 socket,atach ribbon cable, plug end into old hard drive---no cd
no
> >nothing
> >can you see both drives and acces now?
> >
>
>
I think what you have is a connectivity issue between the sata and the
normal ide-well rephrase that--thats your troubles---someone will be along
to help you sort i am sure--probably a simple setting
but i have no knowledge of this type of setup/config---let alone what mb you
are using

For future info---please try to include all pertinant info in the original
question (sata/ide) crystal balls are rare

> > >> >> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive
up
> to
> > >> >> my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E,
> and
> > >> >> F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C
and
> D
> > >> >> drive?
> > >> >>
The short answer is yes, it will work. The old 'C:' and subsequent
partitions get relabeled by WinXP at the end of the drive letters already in
use. I have one working just as you describe.

wrote:
> If I was to buy a hard drive enclosure to hook an old hard drive up to
> my new computer, and the old hard drive is partitioned as C, D, E, and
> F, would it still work with the new system which already has a C and D
> drive?

Not quite knowing where to jump in on your 'several posts'
Anyway, it occurs to me that with all the rearranging that you do, you are
perhaps not giveing the BIOS opportunity to detect them properly (not
auto-detect).

How's about trying a Win98SE 'bootdisk.com' boot-disk to see if it can
detect and load it's drivers for your CD-drive. If this works then it does
indicate the BIOS *does* see the CD-drive.

wrote:
> I tried using each drive as a boot drive. Each booted, one to XP, one
> to 98SE. But neither recognized the other drive. As for your
> suggestion, there's only one IDE plug on the motherboard, so I don't
> have that option. There are two Serial ATA plugs instead of a second
> IDE plug. And I'm sorry about the multiple threads. I'm getting
> confused myself which one I'm writing to. I don't mean to offend
> anyone.
>

According to your earlier thread, the motherboard is an
Asus P4C800E-Deluxe. Read the manual. Pages 2-23 and 2-24
shows how to set up the system to boot from Windows XP;
this is going to be the only way the S-ATA HD and the
P-ATA HD are going to be compatible. Pages 4-11 and 4-12
describe how to set up for S-ATA and P-ATA. Paged 4-32
tells how to set up the proper (i.e., WinXP) boot device
for this system. HTH & GL.

Guest

Thanks. That just might be the real problem. I was going into BIOS to
set the boot priority but didn't know about this. I do knw that when
the 80Gb drive was booting up into Windows 98SE, I was getting an
error message about compatibility. This is probably what it was all
about. I appreciate all the help from everyone.
>
> wrote:
>> I tried using each drive as a boot drive. Each booted, one to XP, one
>> to 98SE. But neither recognized the other drive. As for your
>> suggestion, there's only one IDE plug on the motherboard, so I don't
>> have that option. There are two Serial ATA plugs instead of a second
>> IDE plug. And I'm sorry about the multiple threads. I'm getting
>> confused myself which one I'm writing to. I don't mean to offend
>> anyone.
>>
>
>According to your earlier thread, the motherboard is an
>Asus P4C800E-Deluxe. Read the manual. Pages 2-23 and 2-24
>shows how to set up the system to boot from Windows XP;
>this is going to be the only way the S-ATA HD and the
>P-ATA HD are going to be compatible. Pages 4-11 and 4-12
>describe how to set up for S-ATA and P-ATA. Paged 4-32
>tells how to set up the proper (i.e., WinXP) boot device
>for this system. HTH & GL.

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